Anyone mad e spray can shaker?

[Farside]

Buy one ready made.

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[steveo3002]

can't imagine just spinning/rotating the can alone (the drill video above) will do much to mix it ? even with the stop starts?

wiper motor is better, but would probably be better if it just rotated round instead of back and forth

don;t use enough spray cans to bother with either tbh

i use my homemade one and its way better than shaking , try it on a thick primer and it sprays as it should vs taking all day to shake up the solids , admitedly maybe not the most ideal system but free to make and takes 10 mins

 

[Maker]

I'm sure someone on here posted a picture of a tin of paint tie wrapped to a lathe faceplate once.

 

[badabec]

hand shaking is the best just pretend your on the vinegar stroke

I haven't heard vinegar stroke for years, made me laugh.

 

[voipio]

An old record deck could be repurposed, set to 78 rpm. Angle the deck at 90 degrees and fit a couple of large Terry clips to hold the can in place. It's a bit gentler than shaking, so will require more time.

 

[Turbo]

A rotating motion will not work to mix the paint. The paint will just go to the outside of the arc formed by the rotation and stay there. It will work no better than leaving the tin upside down on the bench. Same thing as swinging a bucket of water over your head.

You need a back and forth motion like the reciprocating saw device.

 

[Windy Miller]

I'm sure someone on here posted a picture of a tin of paint tie wrapped to a lathe faceplate once.

I think that might have been @Pete.

 

[mark roberts]

can't imagine just spinning/rotating the can alone (the drill video above) will do much to mix it ? even with the stop starts?

wiper motor is better, but would probably be better if it just rotated round instead of back and forth

don;t use enough spray cans to bother with either tbh

Thats what I thought, surely centrifrugal force would just make the contents stick to the side. The best method would be like the can shakers in paint mixers

 

[indykid]

some of you boys don't seem to understand what Mrs hand is for...

A child is also useful for repetitive tasks you can't be ars'd with..

Crikey, that escalated quickly!

Terrible timing

 

[voipio]

A rotating motion will not work to mix the paint. The paint will just go to the outside of the arc formed by the rotation and stay there. It will work no better than leaving the tin upside down on the bench. Same thing as swinging a bucket of water over your head.

You need a back and forth motion like the reciprocating saw device.

Thats what I thought, surely centrifrugal force would just make the contents stick to the side. The best method would be like the can shakers in paint mixers

Rotating a rattle can-sized plastic drinks bottle with some water in it, about its centre, should provide a good idea of whether it will work or not. The amount of liquid motion that's generated might be surprising. Rotation at 78 rpm will impart a centripetal acceleration of about 0.5g at the extremities (top and bottom) of a 150mm tall rattle can, so any liquid inside will tend to fall under gravity. The upper limit on rattle can size, at 78 rpm, would be about 300mm. For cans larger than that, use 45 rpm, which would be good for cans up to about 900mm long, and 33 rpm for anything up to about 1.7m long.

This method is not as quick at mixing, as shaking vigorously by hand, but it can be effective, since it can just be left, doing its thing, leaving one's hands free to get on with something else in the workshop.

 

[badabec]

I'm in the workshop to get away from SWMBO, the last thing I want to do is multitask and have to come indoors earlier.